Cotton MS Vitellius A XV

E493768

Cotton MS Vitellius A XV is the famous medieval manuscript in the British Library that contains the only surviving copy of the Old English epic poem Beowulf, along with other important texts.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Old English manuscript
codex
medieval manuscript
alsoKnownAs Beowulf manuscript
Nowell Codex
associatedWith Laurence Nowell
Sir Robert Cotton
cataloguedAs Vitellius A XV in Cotton’s bust-and-shelf system
catalogueNumber Cotton MS Vitellius A XV
collection Cotton Library
containsOnlySurvivingCopyOf Beowulf
containsWork Beowulf
Judith
Letter of Alexander to Aristotle
Saints’ Lives
linked to: Lives of Saints

The Passion of Saint Christopher
The Wonders of the East
culture Anglo-Saxon
currentLocation London
linked to: London, England
dateWritten early 11th century
late 10th century
digitizedBy British Library
hasDigitalSurrogate British Library Digitised Manuscripts website
hasPart first codicological unit (prose texts including Wonders of the East)
second codicological unit (Beowulf and Judith)
heldBy British Library
language Latin
Old English
material parchment
origin Anglo-Saxon England
partOf Cotton collection of manuscripts
physicalCondition fire-damaged
fragile
repositoryShelfmark British Library Cotton MS Vitellius A XV
scriptorium likely monastic scriptorium in southern England
scriptoriumAttribution possibly produced for a monastic or ecclesiastical audience
scriptType Insular script
shelfmark Vitellius A XV
linked to: Vitellius
significance major witness to Old English literature
primary source for the text of Beowulf
subject Germanic heroic legend
biblical narratives
hagiography
wonders and marvels literature
sufferedDamageIn 1731 Ashburnham House fire
writingMedium ink on parchment
writingSystem Insular minuscule

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Cotton Vitellius A XV shelfmark Cotton MS Vitellius A XV
Cotton MS Vitellius A XV catalogueNumber Cotton MS Vitellius A XV